This cause come on this 27th day of May 1870 to be heard upon
the Bill of Complaint and Depositions in the case and it  _____
that _____ had been regularly served on the Defendant and the caused 
being regularly matured and set for hearing and the Defendant failing 
to answer; It is therefore ordered adjudged and deemed that the bonds 
of matrimony heretofore ________ between the Complainant William Bays 
and the Defendant Eliza Bays be and the same are hereby dissolved from
and this cause is stricken from the docket.

Deed Book 15; Page 151; Scott County Virginia

This deed made this 7th day of August 1870 Between William H. Bays
of the first part and Eliza Bays his former wife, Darthula Bays, 
Reuben Bays, Nathaniel Bays, Oliver Munson Bays, Melvin Bays, Edney
E. Bays, Ceney M. Bays and Rufus G. Bays of the second part; 

Witnesseth that in consideration of a difficulty existing between 
the said Wm. H. Bays and Eliza Bays his former wife and which brought
about a divorcement of the parties from each other and a division of 
the real estate, the said William H. Bays the first party doth grant 
and give to the parties of the second part a certain tract or parcel 
of land lying on the north side of Clinch Mountain in the County of 
Scott State of Virginia. It bounded as followeth, to wit, Beginning 
at a planted rock about 3 poles east of an ash and poplar corner of 
Wm. H. Bays and Jessee Browning ___ land on the top of a ridge near 
the house in which the said Eliza Bays now lives, thence a strait line 
nearly south 70 poles to the northeast corner of a piece of land sold 
by the said Wm. H. Bays to F. J. Vicars, thence a northwesterly course 
with a line of said Vicars passing said Vicars corner and Lewis 
Francisco’s corner to a white oak and past oak, a corner of the said 
Bays, thence nearly north to a white oak on a ridge corner of said 
Bays, B. Nickles, and B. Shoemaker thence to a pin oak, spanish oak and
cedar southward to an ash and hickory nearly east to six hickories.
Shoemaker and Browning comes top of a ridge and thence with Browning 
line along the top of the ridge to a poplar and ash, thence 3 poles 
to the beginning as followeth to wit, the said Eliza Bays is to have 
two tenths, to Darthula Bays one tenth, to Reuben Bays one tenth, to 
Nathaniel Bays one tenth, to Oliver Munson Bays one tenth, to Melvin 
Bays one tenth, to Edney E. Bays one tenth, to Ceney M. Bays one tenth 
and Rufus G. Bays one tenth of the above described land and which is 
the western portion of the said Wm. H. Bays tract of land, the residue 
of his lands, he Wm. H. Bays retains to himself. The said Eliza Bays 
hereby relinquishes all claims she has or may have as right of dower, 
to the portion of land retained by said Wm. H. Bays and she Eliza Bays 
is to make her right to the land sold to F. J. Vicars and the said 
Eliza Bays further binds herself to maintain and care for all of the 
above named infant children during their minority and is to keep and 
have possession of them free from any claim of the said Wm. H. Bays.

                                Witness the following signature and seal
Stamped 50 cents                                    William H. Bays seal

Virginia: Scott County, to wit; Wm. H. Bays party to the foregoing deed
personally appeared before me a justice of said county and acknowledged
the same to be his act and deed. Given under my hand this 7th day of
November 1870. Green Kilgore, J. P.

Virginia; In Scott County Court Clerk’s office this the 6th day of
February 1871 This deed for land from Wm. H. Bays to Eliza Bays and others
was presented in office, and with the certificate of acknowledgment _____
endorsed is admitted to record. Teste. J. O. Wood DClk